Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-379) and index. Also published with subtitle: Germany's forgotten genocide and the colonial roots of Nazism
Contents:
The world behind the fog -- The Iron Chancellor and the Guano King -- 'This is my land' -- Soldier of darkness -- 'European Nations do not make war in that way' -- 'A piece of natural savagery' -- King of the Huns -- 'Rivers of blood and money' -- 'Death through exhaustion -- 'Peace will spell death for me and my nation' -- 'You yourselves carry the blame for your misery' -- The island of death -- 'Our New Germany on African soil' -- Things fall apart -- 'To fight the world for ever' -- A passing corporal -- A people without space -- Germany's California.
Summary:
On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in, their ruthless punitive raids became an open war of extermination. By 1905, the survivors were interned in concentration camps & systematically starved & worked to death.
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